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You can tell a history of art through a material history of colour.

Welcome to the pop worlds of Tyler Watson, where overlooked objects become main characters. Desk lamps, monstera plants, support units and more re-emerge with humour and magic from the background of daily life. 

They bring to mind the soft fluidity of Georgia O’Keeffe’s organic abstractions. There’s a sense of being compelled, mesmerised: the fascination that brings you in closer to look at nature or at art

When Sammi Mak’s work ‘Norwegian Wood’ went on display at the Unveil exhibition in Club Row London, it provoked a conversation on Haruki Murakami’s novel of that name.

The annual Frieze Art Fair, a major exhibition in Regent’s Park London, is a cross-section of contemporary art, with a myriad of galleries present in their booths, showcasing a selection of the work they’re currently representing. As a gallery that has applied the principles of a boutique physical gallery to the online sphere, taking a look at what’s on display makes for an interesting time.

Lorena Levi and Adam Boyd are both Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022. This is a fabulous achievement for these emerging artists, marking a really exciting moment of recognition and opportunity for their work. Bloomberg New Contemporaries has highlighted the work of such luminaries past and present as Chris Ofili, Frank Auerbach, Paula Rego, David Hockney, and Lynette Yuadom-Boakye.

The sea is Sax Impey’s subject as sailor and artist: not one it’s possible to capture, only evoke. You can sense the joy as he grapples with it in his work. 

The rigour of Sax’s process – going out onto the ocean in his capacity as a sailor – opens his work to an intensity of experience: available to an artist who paints the sea from the sea, not from the safety of land.

An imprint, an outline, an impression: artists create from the past and for it. There tends to be another kind of space for memory in summer – time spent outdoors, travelling, exploring: food for reflection in the colder months. 

It’s from looking at the art itself, and getting to know artists and their studio practices, that the gallery bases its representation. The qualities of the contemporary art we present is the gallery’s raison d’etre. As a first mover in the online art market, it’s always interesting to see reports about what’s happening more generally. […]

Sophie Ashby, of Studio Ashby referenced NewBloodArt as a go-to place to begin or build on an art collection that you love, as well as where to source show stopping larger pieces at affordable prices.